General Magnaplate
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace, Chemical processing, Electronics & Semiconductors, Food, Manufacturing, Medical & Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber Molds, Powder Bulk Solids, Printing, Space |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founder | Dr. Charles P. Covino |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Texas, United States |
Area served | United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, India, Netherlands, Poland, South Korean, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Products | Surface treatments for metal parts including anodizing, nickel plating, thermal spray coatings, polymer coatings, titanium nitride coatings and thin dense chrome coatings. |
| Services | Nedox, Tufram, Plasmadize |
| Website | http://www.magnaplate.com |
Magnaplate is a company that offers surface enhancement coatings for metal parts and other substrates to increase hardness, reduce corrosion, increase chemical resistance and reduce surface friction.
Timeline
[edit]- 1952 — Magnaplate Metal Finishers is established in Hoboken, New Jersey.[1]
- 1967 — Tufram, Inc. opens in Linden, New Jersey to produce cookware, which is ranked Number 1 in the U.S. two years in a row by Consumer Reports.[2]
- 1968 — Canadize is invented, a coating that augments surface hardness for titanium and titanium alloys.[3]
- 1969 — The first man walks on the Moon, and thanks to General Magnaplate he was able to drill into the Moon's surface. A Canadize treatment on both the inside and outside of the titanium core sample drill tubes prevented samples being contaminated by titanium particles from the drill.[4]
- 1970 — Nedox was invented, a coating that significantly increases metals' corrosion resistance and wear life.[5]
- 1980 — General Magnaplate opens its Ventura, California facility.[6]
- 1982 — General Magnaplate's Texas facility upgrades to its new Arlington location, and Candida Covino joins the company.
- 1985 — Ed Aversenti joins the company
- 1986 — Candida Covino becomes president of General Magnaplate and Magnaplate SNS is invented.[7]
- 1989 — Plasmadize is invented, a coating which combines the advantages of thermal spraying with controlled infusion of dry polymers, dry lubricants or other materials to provide an entirely new composite with improved properties.[8]
- 1995 — Hi-T-Lube is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the solid with the lowest coefficient of friction in the world.[9]
- 2002 — General Magnaplate celebrates its 50th anniversary
- 2002 — General Magnaplate obtains ISO 9001 certification [10]
- 2004 — General Magnaplate plays a critical role in the Mars rover landing by providing coatings for the landing mechanism.[11]
- 2007 — Founder Dr. Charles P. Covino dies.[12]
- 2020 - Ashley Russo appointed Chief Operating Officer
- 2024 - Ashley Russo appointed Chief Executive Officer
References
[edit]- ^ New Jersey Daily Press, May 16, 1952: Magnaplate Makes History
- ^ GLOBALSPEC
- ^ "Machine Design". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ Magnaplate website: Canadize
- ^ GLOBALSPEC
- ^ MacRae's Blue Book
- ^ Magnaplate website: Products and services
- ^ "Plasmadize [R prevents metal wear and corrosion". Global Design News: October 1, 2001]
- ^ The Free Library By Farlex
- ^ Magnaplate website: Accreditations
- ^ Machine Design
- ^ Manhattan College Quadrangle Archived October 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine